The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.

The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.

The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.

My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.

If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.

To be an effective criminal defense counsel, an attorney must be prepared to be demanding, outrageous, irreverent, blasphemous, a rogue, a renegade, and a hated, isolated, and lonely person - few love a spokesman for the despised and the damned.

The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.